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Estimate: 230M Chinese Online Gamers in 2012

By pete_gallagher

Growing Internet penetration in China will continue to fuel online gaming revenues as well as swell the number of online gamers in the years to come according to a new report.

Analysys International data, as reported by Reuters, claims that online gaming revenues in China should reach approximately 73.1 billion yuan (approximately $10.7 billion U.S.) within three years, while the online gaming population is expected to grow from the current 69.0 million to 230.0 million over the same period.

Internet availability has only reached about 27.0 percent of the Chinese population currently, versus more than 70.0 percent in South Korea and Japan. Current U.S. penetration is estimated at 74.1%.

Online game revenues are expected to tally about 26.0 billion yuan (approximately $3.8 billion U.S.) this year.

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on December 09, 2009 (boomark / email).